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CONSTITUTION. 


1. This Society shall be named “THE 
AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. ”’ 

2. This Society is instituted to pro- 
mote the advance of Physiology and to 
facilitate personal intercourse between 
American Physiologists. 

3. The Society shall consist of ordi- 
nary and of honorary members. 

4. Any person who has conducted and 
published an original research in Physi- 
ology or Histology, (including Pathol- 
ogy and experimental ‘Therapeutics and 
experimental research in Hygiene), or 
who has promoted and encouraged 
Physiological research, and who is a 
resident of North America, shall be 
eligible for election as an Ordinary 
member of the Society. 


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5. Distinguished men of science who 
have contributed to the advancement of 
Physiology shall be eligible for election 
as Honorary members of the Society. 
The number of honorary members resi- 
dent in North America shall not exceed 
three. Honorary members shall pay no 
membership fees. ‘They shall have the 
right of attending the meetings of the 
Society, and of taking part in its scien- 
tific discussions, but they shall have no 
vote. 

6. The management of the Society 
shall be vested in a Council of five elected 
by ballot from the ordinary members. 
The Council shall appoint from its mem- | 
bers a President of thegscciem amd) 2: 
Secretary, who shall also act as Treas- 
urer. 

7. The members of the Council shall 
be elected at each annual meeting of the 
Society, to serve one year. 


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Not more than four members of the 
Council shall be eligible for re-election 
at any annual meeting. 

Any ordinary member may suggest 
the name of a candidate for election to 
the Council by sending the name to the 
Secretary at least four weeks before the 
annual meeting. 

At least two weeks before the annual 
meeting the Secretary shall send by post 
to each ordinary member a printed bal- 
loting list containing the names of the 
members of the existing Council, to- 
gether with the names of others sug- 
gested as members of the Council for 
the ensuing year. 

In voting for the Council, each ordi- 
nary member shall strike out at least one 
name from the list of the existing Coun- 
cil,and prefix a mark to the name of each 
candidate for membership of the Council 
of the ensuing year for whom he desires 


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to vote, whether a member of the ex- 
isting Council or not; but he shall not 
vote for more than four members of the 
existing Council, nor for more than five 
persons. 

Any member may write on his ballot- 
paper the name or names of a person or 
persons whom he desires elected to the 
Council, provided that he cancel an equal 
number of the names printed on the bal- 
lot-paper, and vote for not more than 
four members of the existing Council, 
nor for more than five persons. 

In case each of the five members of 
the existing Council should receive more 
votes than any of the new candidates, 
the member of the existing Council re- 
ceiving the fewest votes shall be dropped 
from the list, and the new candidate 
receiving the greatest number of votes 
shall be elected. 

8. Any ordinary member unable to 


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attend the annual meeting may vote for 
the Council by sending his ballot- 
paper, properly marked, to the Secre- 
fetary of the Society on or before the 
day of ballot. 

The paper shall be sent in a closed 
envelope, bearing on its outside the 
member’s name, and the envelope shall 
be opened by the chairman at the meet- 
ing and the ballot-paper placed in the 
box. 

Geet least a fortnisht, «before the 
annual meeting the Secretary shall notify 
each member of the place and time of 
such meeting; and shall give notice of 
the annual assessment, determined by 
the Council, which shall not exceed two 
dollars; and shall make such other an- 
nouncements as the Council shall direct. 

The annual assessment shall be due 
in advance at the time of the annual 
meeting. 


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Any member whose assessment is two 
years in arrears shall cease to be a mem- 
ber of the Society, unless at ie saext 
annual meeting he shall be reinstated by 
special vote of the Society, and it shall 
be the duty of the Secretary to notify 
the said delinquent of his right to appeal 
to said meeting. 

10. The annual meeting of the Society 
shall be held on a day or days between 
Dec. 25th and Jan. ist, at a place to be 
determined by the Council, 

Special meetings may be held at such 
times and places as the Society may de- 
termine, and at such special meetings 
proposals of changes in the Constitution 
shall not be in order, nor shall candi- 
dates be elected to ordinary member- 
ship. 

11. Proposed changes in the Consti- 
tution must be sent in writing to the 
Secretary at least two months before the 


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date of the annual meeting at which they 
are to be considered, and must be signed 
by at least three ordinary members. The 
Secretary shall send a printed copy of 
any proposed change to each ordinary 
member at least two weeks before the 
next annual meeting. 

If at this meeting two-thirds of the 
votes cast in person or by proxy shall 
favor the proposed change, it shall be 
made. 

At annual and special meetings, one 
fourth of the ordinary members shall 
form a quorum for the transaction of 
business. 

12. The Council shall, from the names 
of the candidates proposed in writing by 
at least two ordinary members of the 
Society who are not members of the 
Council, nominate candidates for elec- 
tion to ordinary membership. The 
names of the candidates so nominated, 


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together with the names of their pro- 
posers and a statement of their qualifi- 
cations for membership, shall be posted 
on a bulletin board at the first session 
of an annual meeting of the Society. 
The candidates shall be balloted for at 
the last session of the same annual ineet- 
ing, and one black ball in eight shall 
exclude: ; 

Honorary members shall be proposed 
by the Council, and shall be elected only 
by the unanimous vote of the members 
present at a meeting. 

13. If a majority of the Council shall 
decide that the interests ot the Society 
require the expulsion-or 4 mempen ule 
Secretary shall send a notice of this de- 
cision to each ordinary member at least 
two weeks before the next annual meet- 
ing. At this meeting the Secretary shall, 
on behalf of the Coumete propose st me 
expulsion, and if two-thirds of the mem- 


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bers present vote for it, the member 
shall be expelled, his assessment for the 
current year shall be returned to him, 
and he shall cease to be a member of 
the Society. 


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PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 


List of Members, Dec. 30, 1593. 


Abel, J. J., 1604°> Bolten ]scmeer Baiti- 
more, Md. 
Beyer, H. G., Surgeon U.S. A., Nayal 
Academy, Annapolis, Md. 

Bowditch, H. P., Harvard Med’! School, 
Boston, Mass. 

Breisacher, Leo, Veterinary Dept., Univ. 
of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Brubaker, A. P., 105 North 34th Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Campbell, J. P., University of Georgia, 

Athens, Ga. 

Chapman, H.C., Jefferson Medical Col- 

lege, Philadelphia, Pa. 


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Chittenden, R. H., Yale University, New 
Haven, Conn. 

Councilman, W. T., Harvard Medical 
School, Boston, Mass. 

Curtis, J. G., 437 West soth St., New 
Pork, NN. ¥. 

Cushny, A. R., University of Michigan, 
Ann Arbor, Mich. 

Donaldson, H. H., Chicago University, 
Chicago, Il. 

Dreyer, G. P., Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity, Baltimore, Md. 

Ellis, F. W., Monson, Mass. 

Goodale, G. L., Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Mass. 

Hare, H. A., Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hodge, C. F., Clark University, Worces- 
ter, Mass. 

Howell, W. H., Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity, Baltimore, Md. 


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Kemp, G. T., Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore, Md. 

Lee, F.S., 437 Westosoth: sircen: ew 
York. oN we 

Leob, Jacques, Chicago University, Chi- 
cago, Ill. 

Lombard, W. P., University of Michi- 
gan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

Lusk, G.,; Yale “Medical Sencot sew 
Haven, Conn. 

Mall, F. P., Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore, Md. 

Marshall, John, University of Pennsyl- 
vania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Martin, H. N., care of Dr. James Ward, 
Cambridge, England. 

Meltzer, S.J.,66 East 124th Street, New 
Mork: SNe we 

Mills, T. W., McGill College, Montreal, 
Canada. 

Minot, C. S., Harvard Medical School, 
Boston, Mass. 


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Mitchell, S. Weir, 1524 Walnut Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Nuttall, G. F. H., Johns Hopkins Hos- 
pital, Baltimore. Md. 

Osler, Wm., Johns Hopkins Hospital, 
Baltimore, Md. 

Gin. Isaac, Easton, Pa. 

Porter, Wm. Townsend, Harvard Med- 
ical School, Boston, Mass. 

Reichert, Edw. T., University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Sedgwick, W.T., Mass. Inst. Technology, 
Boston, Mass. 

Sewall, Henry, 23 Eighteenth Avenue, 
Denver, Colo. 

Pan. EE. Vale Medical School, 
New Haven, Conn. 

Smith, R. Meade, P. O. Box 418, Colo- 
rado Springs, Col. 

Sternberg, G. M., Surg. General U. 5. 
A., Washington, D. C. 


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Stewart, G. N., Harvard Medical School, 
Boston, Mass. 

Thompson, W. G., 49 East 30th Street, 
New York, Nev: : 

Vaughan, V. C., University of Michigan, 
Ann Arbor, Mich. 

Warren, J. W., Bryn Mawr College, 
Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Welch, Wmm., Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore, Md. 

‘Vilson, W. P., University of Pennsyl- 
ania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Vood, H. C., University of Pennsyl- 

vania, Philadelphia, Pa. 


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COUNCIL, 1893-94. 
OwDITCH, H. P., President. 
CHITTENDEN, R: 
HoweLu. Wee 
WARREN, J. W. 


LOMBARD, W. P., Sec y and Treasurer. 


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